Some of our local farms may be interested in adding Farm Therapy to their other income streams like farm stays and weddings/events.

 

Farming for Health, a group in the Netherlands, only has a few U.S. members so far and is interested in expanding their reach to include Americans who are interested in what they call "Care Farming." (farm ecotherapy)  There is an essay in our book (Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind) by Shepherd Bliss, who is doing farm therapy (he calls it "agrotherapy") with returning Iraq vets and others suffering from trauma.  There is now good research showing that farm therapy is an effective treatment method.

 

 

Linda